BECKER'S
HOSPITAL REVIEW
July / 2026 Vol. 2026 No. 7
11th Annual
BECKER'S IT + REVENUE CYCLE
CONFERENCE: THE FUTURE OF
AI & DIGITAL HEALTH
September 14 - 17, 2026 // Hilton Chicago
SAVE THE DATE
EXECUTIVE
EXCLUSIVES:
Peter Banko,
President and CEO,
Baystate Health
p. 7
Jayson Laban,
VP, CIO, UTMB
p. 16
Michael Browning,
SEVP, CFO,
CommonSpirit Health
p. 5
Onisis Stefas, PharmD,
CEO, VIVO Health
(Northwell Health)
p. 18
Paul Chausse Jr., SVP,
Revenue Cycle, Chief
Revenue Cycle Officer,
Tampa General Hospital
p. 22
Paul LePage, VP,
Revenue Cycle, UC Davis
Health
p. 23
IN THIS ISSUE:
CMS puts Medicaid
demonstration waivers
on a tighter leash: 5
notes
p. 6
CEOs lean on balance,
culture to retain leaders
p. 8
A sharp rise in CEO age:
Study
p. 8
New York hospital
promotes 18-year
veteran to COO amid
leadership change
p. 13
CIOs welcome Project
Glasswing's expansion to
healthcare
p. 17
How 3 CHROs spot — and
stop — the 'mid-career
stall'
p. 20
How hospitals are
fending off a retirement
wave
p. 21
From billing experts to
team building: How RCM
leadership has evolved
p. 22
Baystate's CEO:
'Leadership is not a
popularity contest'
p. 7
UTMB CIO wants to create
AI 'blueprint' for academic
medicine
p. 16
How hospitals are filling
the public health void
p. 14
'Nothing is off the table':
CommonSpirit ramps up $6B
turnaround plan
p. 5
How Texas
Children's
cut pharmacy
inventory costs
by $14M
p. 19
Pharmacy
leaders adopt a
new language
for the C-suite
p. 18
